Your mom's worried, your crush is confusing, and adulthood is coming—relatable Czech chaos.
Little kids, little worries, big kids, big worries, sighs many a parent often. This is no different for the mother of eighteen-year-old Frantisek, who has just graduated from high school without much glory and is about to start his first job. Fandy is still full of boyish dreams, yearns for a career as a rowing representative, competes with a friend for the favor of an admiring girl and is generally stubbornly opposed to taking life seriously.
Acting
Bohumír Starý's gangly, desperate charm carries every scene.
Direction
Kachyňa's warm eye finds poetry in factory towns and rowing clubs.
Director
Karel Kachyňa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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